Brett Favre reveals sobering conversation he had with ‘Concussion’ movie doctor
Since retiring, Brett Favre has repeatedly stated publicly that he suffered hundreds, maybe thousands, of concussions during his football career. Favre reiterated this belief in the interview. Outkick Ricky Cobb This week. The full interview will air Friday at 11 a.m. ET. One of Favre's most infamous concussions came in 2004. The Packers New York […]
Concussion risks are outweighed by benefits of amateur sport, study finds | Concussion in sport
A large new study finds that concussions in amateur sports are not associated with an increased long-term risk of cognitive decline and that playing sports may have a “protective” effect on the brain. The surprising results, published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, are based on an analysis of the lifetime concussion histories […]